vi Ugwl P Hundreds of Thousands of Zoolegint BH, A, Surface, Harrisburg, cal measures for the control of the Heg- | sian fly. This pest, although very emal!, is ‘powerful in ite influence, | I'be female fly lays pumerous small | white eggs on the leaves of the volar- i feer or early sown grair, and as these eggs hatch the small white maggots or larvae crawl down between the! sheath of the leaf and the base of the | stalk, They stunt the growth of the | whest plant and make it look bluiek-| In fact persons that the iy | ihe infested plant look yellow, | or die and turn browr, sre mistaken, Those plants that are attacked by this pest have a darker bluish-green color | than those that are not attacked, They may look very healthy, exeept- | ig fur the fact that they make nol growth, green in color, theses believe i‘ i who Hessian f § y i makes 80 ome pe itg the infested fislds ith the animals sons have suggested pastar- with cattle, gheep so that the tramping « would crush the larvae. | It hiss aleo been suggested to roll the fields with a roller, but niether of these | suggestions is worth much toward des- | troying the peste. One cannot Bpray | for the Hessian fly after it is beneath the shesth the leaf, because it is there protected, crush it] by rolling or trampling, because what would do this successfully would also crush the plant and grind it to pieces. | In short, there is no method of at- | tackivg the larvae of the Hessian fly | in the plan', There-| ithe best possible means of avoid- | ing its damsge in thal will prevent its appearance in the | The primary and most valu- able means of all is to sow the wheat late. Iu the southern part of HMiate it should not be sown before “5th of full gree of latilnde northward it may be | #gwo two days earlier, and for each | five hundred feet of elevation it ean he! sown a day earlier in addition. Thus | one can figure out the earliest possible | date at which it is safe to sow to avoid | damage by the Hessian f1-, in secord- | ance with the latitude and altitude. | In general, and especially during this | warm eeasor, farmers should avoid sowing everywhere in this State this year until toward the end 6f the last full week in Beptemiber, There is another brood of the Hes- #ian fly next summer, but the proper date of sowing is for the control of the fall brood, and at this time of the year no better means of its control is known than Iate seeding. se ———————— Or of | Ww of One cannot ufler it is once 1017 must be messures wheat, this the de- | September, For each Daily requests for the privilege of camping on state land daring hunting season sre being received by the State Department of Forestry fiom every | county in the Commonweslthy the greater percentage of these requests are accompanied by inquiries about the abundance of game in the various localities where state forest reservations exist, All of these letters are being | handled as speedily as possible, Last year more than 500 permits were issued for temporary campe, be- gides the more than 200 permanent camp sites which have been leased. Assuming that each camp harbored five this woull show more than 5,000 men and Women accorme modnated on the state lande, while other data of the Forestry Department show that 20000 bunters enjoyed themeelves on the foreatry reservations without camping over night, Reports of state foresters bear oul reports from other quarters that game is abundant, and forecast an exception- ally good hunting season, unless the fire season should be severe, Bpecial precautions sgainst fire are being taken and Forestry Commissioner Conklin hopes to keep this menace at a mini- mum, persons, — A ——— Btate Dep't Listing Farms For Hale, The Pennsylvania Depariment of Agriculture is now preparing a bulletin giving lst of farms in Pennsylvania that are for sale. Auyone haviog a farm for sale, who ia willing to dispose of it at a reasoziable price, may receive nid by writing to the Hecretary of Agriculiure st once for a desctiptive application blank, or report the same to Gi. L. Goodhart, crop correspondent for Potter township, a A A, Halo of vows nt Hpring Mills, W. O. Gramley will sell two oar loads of grade Holstein cows at Bpring Mille, Hatuiday, Oclober 240, the sale starting at 12:30 o'clock, One-half of the cows are fresh and the remainder will be ln ten daye. Among the lot ure three thorcughbred heifers one and onic-halfl years old. Bee posters, AA A AAAI The Pink Label appears this week, CENTRE HAIL, Letter from Arkansas, A NIGUER IN THE COAL HIN, James J. Gramley, a native of Brush : Valley and who now holds a position | Frotty ¥chool-ma'am Finds Big Black Fol. as bookkeeper for Pfile Brothers, pou!- | low When She Goes for Conl Early ¥ri. trymer, in Lancaster, Iilinoie, writes | aay Morming at Manor Hu, of a visit among relstives in Arkansas, | : | place where her cries would fail to fa upon human ears because of the re-| moleness of the vearest farm house, | was the unpleasant experience of Miss Mary Nefl, daughter of Mr, snd Myre. | William R. Nefl, of Tusesyville, Miss Nefl is the school teacher of! the Manor Hill school in Potter towr- | ahip and on Friday morning started | for her school at seven o'clock, an hour | earlier than usual, becsuse ehe desired {to study her lessons on teacher training course. As is with the teachers in the schools the ia the janitor as well as teacher | {and among her duties that of k ing the fire Accordingly started for where | To come upon a big burly negro at a | nm I camo down here on the 3rd to | Gramley, who iga Methodist minister, He lives | just outside the city limite, He mar- | ried a good Presoyterign lady a yenr | ago who has considersh eo propert aud they are very comfortable, Mena is situsted in the Ozark mour- vl 7 | It hss a population. of about 4.000 with maoy beautiful homer, fine busi- ness blocks, churches and school | houses, hotels and restaurants, and s | very pretty park in the cen'er the It is & summer resort, though many prople are here in the winter, Land, which is sandy with some flint, sells at from $10 to $50 per more, fell pall lying Cotton has been the principal erop, | This failed though owing to the low price of cot- arouse ber suspicions, however, for her thought was that one of her scholars { had left the pail on the ground | day before, The owner, however, was | only a short eff, and 1 opening the door the coal house ahs the the caae district of mak. 8 one, she al house her adi 0 the o« {EVER upon s er on the ground outside, to this year and corn is raleed instead, the Winter oats is another crop raised here | distances up seceded their oa'r, Daring the winter | ue ; 3 " ie en ~8& big black fellow, se hard anthracite He had cleaned out a o black as the Cond she was roger of f Ft - i fries i OURO emm—————— —— —— A Growing Menace, after, th thie bin and placing a number « sacks he fl is an after primary | editorial reprinted from the Altoona | tribune, The Tribune editor ia bimself | a strong advocate of The following which the b #8 Nef? lo emit the negro apparently was lin eement there, on the { in, or $ b Jd. y § 0 Mi Faye, ie igh there, Loo cry, the same predicament for he merely stared | his early visitor in a blsnk msnr Nell dido't wait temperance: sod Was Wg alin IgnLEls 1 has long practiced his presching. r.j¢ a a of first | rank, preseuts his subject in such ai way that it will aid Centre county! in forming their conclusions | Methodist the BI % Mise for a * Goo boarding place—the home of Alvin sStump-—the ‘* The contest for judge of the o urts | nearest to the pre-primary period has been the | house snd several hu most unpleasant feature of the yeat's | The legislature of | Pennsylvania must either grant or license granting board in each count tant, where she told « The nigger in the coal bin #H retreat and was toward Centre Hall, ' .1 ices! ¢ seanion create » —————————— No Debt at He-Dediestion of ( hureh Peter's L whersburg wae re-dedieat- { existing authority the mn, over leense Last Church at ed. Though the weather what unfavorable yet the were good, and the Munday St, itherat questi “ Daring the campaign which closed { Wes Tuesaday fierce battles raged over the | nomination for judge in Centre, Hunt- | Jeflerson snd many other The legal ability of the candidates for jadge was not taken in-| to consideration by the combatants. he all-absorbing was: * What will this man do with the ap- plications for license in the event his nomination and election 7» * We fear that in some instances the man who should be the Judge of hie district for the ensuing ten years was beaten by a far less competent riva’, In a contest for the office of jadge a certain sense of decorum obliges the worthy condidate to observe 8 becom - ing reticence not only concerning his personal qualifications but also about probatls action when a certain sort of case comes before him. But the other fellow has no such seruplee, ““Grantiog a license or refusing to grant it is 8 judicial ac*. The court is supposed to be governed by the evi dence under the law, just as it fs in any other case coming before (it, A decision cannot be rendered until the evidence has been heard. Hence the candidate for judge who definitely ar- nounces in his advertisements that he will grant licenses or refuse to grant except ia striet accordance with law demonstrates his urfitness for the place, ‘Because of this fact the courts should have nothing whatever to do with the vexatious license problem. A special excise board should have the whole matter in charge. Uqgless this is done we are certain to witness the progressive degeneration of our courte, Lawyers are merely mer. Some of them sre very weak mgr. They are strongly templed to cater to what is believed to be public sentiment and to definitely utter pledges that demon- strate the urjudicial character of their minds, “Its well to remember that our courts are called upon to consider many o'her matters besid s this prob. lem of considering and grantiog or refusing applications for license, Mat. ter of vital importance to suitors and frequently to the community come be- fore the court every yesr. It should not be possible to handicap a good judge, one whose entire life record shows that he will do the right thing and therefore the lawful thing, by asking him to make promises he car. nol make because he would regard them a flagrant violation of his Judi cial oath. It is not only a deadly in- sult to him but also & serious irjury to the county, a degradation of its court to the partisanship of an excited hour, Buch a condition cannot long exist without permanently injuring our ecurts by placing at their neads men of inferior calibre," —————— sr ————— Ths county commissioners are at work makiog the official count of the Votes cast at Inst week's primaries, sudier cos #ervic Rev. John presched wo excellent *, and was assisted by Rove, and, Sisufler and The tor, Rev. J. I. Melz zur, set apart church for hely user, as found Lutheran church ritual, The manner in which the people met the indebted- ness incurred through rebuilding was gratifyiog lo the pastor, The total expenses of repairs amounted to $1924. A little more than $1200 had veen previously subscribed and the remainiog indebtedness was fully met by subscription and cash ou the day of re-dedication, iogd wr, and aplifting, A. Bing- BE. Aur- RE » counties, f taster mot Kessler, question 34 5 in the of the Ihe repairs consisted of new pulpit furniture, new pewr, and carpe’. The whole interior of the Church-sbove and below—painted, and floor raised, The cougregation feels much et- couraged in the marked success that crowned their efforts, i conn Uampaign Against Contaminated Matiresses Fim An extended campsign to prevent the spread of infections and contagious disesses from the sale of contaminated matiresses is to instituted in sll sections of Pennsylvania by inepectors of the Hiate Department of Labor and i Industry. Labor Commissioner John Price Jackson bas lscued instructions to the corpa of inspectors to enforee rigidly in factories, cleaning establishments wholesale and retail stores, the pres visions of the acte of legisiature that place under the jurisdiction of the De¢- partment of Labor and lodustry the manufacture aud renovatior, sale or re-sale of all mattresses, Complaints have been received that manufactureis in various parts of the State are using io the manufacture of cireaper grade matiresser, material which has not been sterilized and oth- er material that is specifically forbidden A re-sale of n mattress that has been uscd by a person haviog avy infectious or contagious disease is forbidden and A re-anle of any mattress that has not been sterilized or disinfected is unlsw- ful, The inspectors, so far as possible, will keep a check on the rc-mle of all watiresses in bulk from hotels or lodging honsee, AAP IY AAAI From the Milihelm Journal, Bricklayers on Monday afternoon started to build up the front sud rear walls of the new moving pleture thec- tre building, One day last week a deal was con summated by which John W, Zerby, of near Farmers Millr, gains possession of the large farm he bas tenanted for nearly eight years, The Tariu contains 216 acres of very fertile land and hse two good dwelling houses, a large barn and all the necessary outbulldinge, W. F. Smith of Millbelmw, who sold the farm to Mr. Zsrby, realizes the be licenses - Jsum of $12,000, DEATHS, Mre. A. A. Alexander died at her urday morning, after an illness which extended throughout the entire sum- and five months, pervices were | in the Paradise ¢ Millheim, Rev, J, (. Ww. chuareb, cfficiating. marriage was Katle Wingard, asughter of Mr. and Mre, with three children ; namely, Irene, Aleo two broth®re and one sie- Wallace snd Newton Wingard, of Penn township, and Mre, Allen Aumar, of Fiedler. burp, er namely, | Enowr and f« spring { v Arthur BR, Bothrocl well of Of eB resident Plegsant Gap, ir many years a farmer of own hip, died at Monday aftern home $ t week iin g a logering illoess of of « He was born on Nigh Bank, Roti tle v0 B COmplica- LipeRpe old homestead at & son of and farty-ni twenly-seven Henry d F, or Mary FO th f in * HERE Wes rd} ted are, two months He yi a gave old, 10 marrisge al WEE Ln! Miss Emma J, MeLautk, s July 4, 1868, Lil . Rot re last ppring and | An extensive bakery busine f ra Falie al the fay {aay Mai v Galghler, i May, 5 . nr a if ; ock from IBA BIDCK y i iis Io left Alexan- nother : George, RL. is a ft three brothers ¥ held Crap by were at his Thursdsy Yocum Burial neral ome in Plessant u gorvices 3 i gfternonn of fucted Pr, Was Bell in the Unio Cemelery, - mite, Aft phiheris, E of Mr. and Mre. H. 1. Briar, of Spring Mills died early Sat irdsy morning. to the nature of the htivial Pig ra of but (iil ne one day arl more, son of Owing was held in the afternoon of the samé day. The boy's sge was five years, one month and eighteen daye. ¥ Besides his parents | three brothers, se ———————— Bara Strack by Lightniag, EK inst week, at vere electrical Tuesday mornis of two o'clock, during a #« ere, lightning struck ed by W. A. Ferree of Osk Hall, and i ! i : i the ground, in gelling the horses, hogs and chickers to a place of safely in tite, bul a bug- gy and a few other articles were cor - sumed, entailing a loss of $30 to Mr. Houtz and §150 to Mr. Ferree, the lat ter covered insurance, The tenant house was aleo struck during the store, the bolt siriking the roof sud passing down alongside of the house, tearing ofl = weatherboard burning a hole through the wall into & bedroow, and splintering a screen door in its descent to the ground. PP ABARAT, Milroy Man a Salcide Mr. ¥ Hou'z succeeded “ie RR uy Using a 44-calibze Winchester rifle, Andrew F. MeUlintic of Milroy, tore a gaping hole under his jaw while lying in bed Bunday morning, death result. ing that night, The man had been melancholy for some time over the fear that a growth on his neck would develop into cander, Deceased was aged fifty-sight years and was a brother of the late Mr. Mec Clintic of Farmers Mille, He was ope of Milroy’s most prominent business men and was identified with the Odd Fellow and Mw onic fraternities, Fie wife survives hiw, EE Gl. gma Whi lestnil I ©. 0 ¥, Officers, The newly elected ocfMcers of Centre Hall Lodge, No. 885, 1. 0. 0. F..! will be installed on Batuiday eveuing. District Deputy Grand Master Ed- ward Owenr, of Bellefonte, will be the installing officer. A good attendance of the members is requested, BA HPA ATA INN A Daughter is Born, A bright little daughier came to bring sunshine into the home of Prof, and Mre, William Heckmar, on £ri- day evening. It isthe first child and naturally the genial principal of the borough schools is smiling a trifle more radiantly then under ordinary circumstances, Congratulations, WA op ——— Deaths of Usntre Countinns, Mrs. Mslivda Rine, at Bellefonte, of cancer of the stomach, aged sixty three years, Misa Florence Lucas of Ruoville dled at the Bellefonte hospital Mou- day of last week as a result of burns sustalued a few days previous, Her age was twonty-five years, hh ERAS fin] Coal bine are being filled for the long winter just ahead, 2 o) 2 ™~ NEWS OF 1882, Notes Taken From Files of The Centre Reporter of Thirty-three Yenrs Ago, January 12(h—Dr. and M, M. Mue- {#er have bought John Ziegler's woode, One night last week a pony of Jerry Fhe hotel property at was purchased by Charles Hostermanp. Married, ££ Dee, ‘olyer, both of Tusseyville, On ad, by Rev. Fischer, James Bmith of near Centre Hall and Maggie Carson of Centre Hill, Died. —On Baturday night, 7th, at Old Fort, Mre, Rebecca M., widaw of David Brisbin, sged 65 years, Be pA nl Anil-Suffrage Woman to Speak Under the auspices of the local anti- puflrage organization, Mre, O. D. Oliphant of Clintor, N. J., will epeak in the court Tuesday evening No admission charged lifted. Mre. Oliph- one of the best platform gpesk- ters the “‘antis hotse and no collection ant is have on their list, a i. —— Tuberculosis Week in December Flans for a national! Medics! Exsm- |eade day and a Tuberculosis Sunday, be held in Tuberculosis week, | December 6 to 12, were announced Inst week by the National Association for the Bludy and Prevention of Tu- berculosie, Medical examination is set for Wed- and will be the effort on a national scale to urge annual physical examination for Plans for the day include induce everyone, sick & doctor and learn whether they are in good physical con- Dn. an aD to snd appeal well, to gop The scheme includes also the on the part of factorier, #lores and offices of an annual physical examination for all employees, Thoue- sods of over the country are expected to ~Jperale in furnishing free examir- insugurstio anti-luberculosis mssociatiors ox siciar, Children’s Heslth Crusade day on and lostruet school children tpecial exercises will be held at which lectures, ena ye ject of heallb. This will also be the oc- casion for lsunching the Red Cross Christruse seal sale in the schools, The culminstion of the campaign will be the sixth annual celebration of Taberculosis Bunday., Last year on Tuberculosis day over 100,000 churches gave attention {o the sutjsct of tuber- culosis by sermonr, talks snd an iouncements, The governors of ail of the states will be asked to issue proclamations, calling attention to the importance of incressiog the knowledge of the public on how to avoid consumptior, Clube, lodges and societies will also be asked to con- sider the subject st a meeliog either on Tuberculosis Bunday or some other day of Tuberculosis week, A A A ———— Swabb Child Viedm of Whooping Cough, Friday afternoor, Naomi Pauline, the bright little daughter of Mr. and Mre. James Bwabb, who tenant the A. B. Lee farm near Penns Cave Station, died : fter a short illness of whooping cough and cholers infantum. The age of the little one wes eight months and ten daye. Funeral services were held Bundsy morning in the United Evan gelical church at Tusseyville and buri- al in the cemetery at that place, Rev. F. H. Foss cMeiating. A A AAAI, 40 Cows Average S89 50, W. O. Gramley of Spring Mills held asale of fine Holsiein cows Wednes- day of Inst week that was well attend- ed. Forty cows sold for an average price of $89.50. Owing to a delay in shipping the cows failed to reach Spring Mills until late in the after noon of the day of sale, making it necessary to sell them direct from the care. Because of this fact Mr. Gram- ley lost several hundred dollars on the sale, Uhtid Victim of Whooping Cough, Again has a home been invaded by the death angel and a bright little child taken as a result of whooping cough, a dieesse that has been exact. ing a heavy toll the past few months in snd about Pleasant Gap, Thursday of last week Wallace Paul Clyde, son of Mr. and Mre, Calvin Noll of Gill- town, died at the age of four months and fourieen days, Funeral services ers laid ut the howe oa Sandu, ine terment following in the cemetery at Pleasant Gap, NO. 38 TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTERES] FROM ALL PARTS October is right around the corper. Ed. IL. Bartholomew Altoona spent Thureday with relatives in Cen. tre Hall. Mesere. B, D. Brisbin snd F. V. Goodnart are doing Jury service at the county capital this week, Rev. and Mre. RB. RB. Jones attended the district Babbath-school convention al Pine Grove Mills, Thuredsy. Mre., Orris McCormick of Bpring | Mills is taking care of Mrs. William { Heckman during th latter's illness, e) f G1 wmiph Lee of Harrisburg returned to his home on Bsturday after spending a {short time at the home of h's sister. | Mre. J. C. Goodhsrt, at Centre Hill. Mr. and Mre. Arthur Taesgersen of Corry snd Mre. Harry Garrett of Belle- fonte spent a few days last week st the home of Mr, and Mrs. W. F. Colyer, Harry Ilgen of Farmers Mills and B. ¥. Hackenberg of Bpring Mills joined the army of suto owners last week, each having purchased as Ford. Mr. and Mre., Charles Pennington and dsughters spent Bunday at the home of the formers father Frank Pennington, at Centre Furnace. § ue Low An auto party composed of Messrs. Richard Brooke, J. J. Arpey, P. H. Meyer H. Emerick and Henry (zingerich attended the Allentown fair last week, is. Miss Isabel Rowe left on Haturday for Bouth Bethlehem where she has sccepled the of primary #chool teacher in that booming city. J I'he school has a ten months’ term. position Miss Mary Dinger, daughter of My od Mre. H. W, Dingee, of this place left on Friday morning for Clearfield whers will enter the Clearfield hospital snd take the three “Fear course in nurse training, elie The mortality during the epidemic of whooping cough among ehildren in and about Pleasant Gap has been so bigh that the quarantine law is being enforced. For the past month the death rale has ayersged a child week, Mre. J. W. Evans of White, Minne- sols, was recently operated on st the Rochester { Minnesots ) hospital for a goiter. =he is the daughter of Mr snd Mre. G. 1. Goodhart of Centre Hall, and news to them was to the ¢f- fect that she is doing nice! fi y. Julian A. Fleming returned on Fri- day from New York state where he #pent four weeks visiting relatives and the scenes of his youth. Mr Fleming sitended several county fairs during bis absence and also visited the town of West Franklin where he went to school when a boy. Mre. Ed. L. Bartholomew and daughter, after spending several months st the home of her parents, Mr.and Mre. J. Q. A. Kennedy, re- turned ts her home in Altoons. Ac- companyiog them were Mm, CO. D. Bartholomew and dsughters Margaret and Elizabeth, who returned home on Sundsy. While on his way to State College in company with several others to visit his son Harvey, a student in the insti. tution at that place, Frank ¢. Bow- man of Williameport was stricken with heart disease in the automobile in which he was tiaveling and died upon resching the home of a physi- cian in Lock Haven, He was seven- {y-iwo years of age, The Peznaylvanis State College opened the year with record breaking attendance. There are 8500 registered in all coursse, which is an increase of 550 over last yew. The freshman class has been limited to 600 owing to lsck of building soccommodatione, more than 200 applicants having been reject. ed, Fifty-six new teachers have been added to the faculty. Charles J. Witmer, a son of Mr. and Mre. Edward Witmer, of Bellefonte, waa 80 badly injured in a fall from a box car Tuesday night of last week that he disd in the Greensburg hox- pital the next morning. Witmer was a brakeman on the Pentaylvanis rail- road ronniug between Altoona and Pilesirn and fell from the car when in the dark he failed to see that it was not epuipped with the ladder. The unfortunate man was thirty years of age. Burial was made at Bellefonte on Friday. Mre. W. V. Godshall nd daughters, who spent several months the past summer with friends and relatives near Millhelm and in this place, sre now located In their new home in Moundsville, West Virginie, where
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